Bottle-cap fastener.



No. 873,646. PATENTED DEC. 10, 1907. G. A. WILLIAMS.

BOTTLE GAP FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.12,1907.

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STTES ATENT BEIGE.

GEORGE ALBERT WILLIAMS, OI? NEWCASTLE, INDIANA.

BOTTLE-CAP FASTENER,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1907.

Application filed March 12. 1907. Serial No. 362.055.

at Newcastle, in the county of Henry and State of Indiana, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in a Bottle. Cap Fastener, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to bottle or jar caps andmore particularly tomeans for fastening the caps upon the bottle or jar so that it can beeasily and quickly attached or detached Without the use of aninstrument.

With this and .other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts,hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing forming a part of this specification:Figure 1 is aperspective view of my improved bottle cap secured on the mouth of thebottle. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is aside elevational view. Fig. 4 is an inverted plan view of the cap andfastener in a locked position, and Fig. 5 is an inverted plan view ofthe cap and fastener in an unlocked position.

Referring to the drawing A indicatesthe mouth of a bottle upon which myimproved cap B, which is provided with the usual packing B is adapted tofit and close the mouth of the bottleJThe exterior of the uponthemselves over a split rin 'O, whichalmost completely encircles thesides of the cap, having outwardly extending ends, which are bent toform hooks C. The segment B between the ends of the ring C, 1s

formed larger than the segment'l? and is bent upwardly upon itself toform a bearing sleeve B for the purpose hereinafter fully described. 7

A lever D is employed for drawing the ends of the ring together tocontract the sides of the cap, and. consists of a U-shaped wire frame,the free ends of which are twisted upon themselves to form a handle D.

of the bottle. .are curved outwardly so that when the lever The parallelmembers of the frame diverge from a portion of the length adjacent theirclosed ends of the frame, and are bent back upon themselves to formconverging rings "D over which the hooked ends C of the ring C aresecured. The rings bear against the hearing sleeve B and theshoulder Aso that the lever can be readily Worked up and down so as to contractthe cap on the mouth The parallel bars of the lever is thrown downwardlthe curved portions will fit over the shoul er A the hooked ends of thering traveling over the converging rings will be drawn together so as tocontact the sides of the cap in the groove on the beveled side of theshoulder which will draw the cap down over the mouth of the bottle.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A bottle or jar closure comprising a cap having yielding sidesrovide'd with a bearin sleeve, a split ring oosely mounted in the owerends of the sides provided with hooked ends, and a lever provided withcon verging rings mounted on the hooked ends of said ring, bearingagainst said bearing sleeve.

'2. A bottle or jar closure com risinga cap having s lit sides, one ofwhic is bent to form a vided with hooked ends, and a lever formed of aD-shaped: wire frame bent to form conhaving its free ends twisted uponitself and its closed ends bent back u on itself to form convergingrings on which t 1e hooked ends of the lever operate, said rings bearingagainst said bearing sleeve.

GEORGE ALBERT WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

W.-E. D. Gmson, T. G. KEATING.

earing sleeve, of a ring looselymounted 1n the. lower ends of the sidespro-.

